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Sasaki to Miyano

Also known as Sasaki and Miyano.

Studio: Studio DEEN , KADOKAWA , Nippon Columbia , Movic , BS Nippon , U-NEXT , Frontier Works , Kadokawa Media House , TV Aichi
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Miyano spends his days reading Boys’ Love manga and worrying about the soft features of his face. His world of fiction becomes reality when a chance encounter leads him to high school senior Sasaki in the middle of a fight. Now, Sasaki wants to spend every opportunity he can to get to know Miyano. And what was once admiration quickly turns into affection.



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Otaku Culture , Meta , Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , Bisexual , Coming of Age , Iyashikei , Chibi , Crossdressing , Table Tennis , Trains

Cool Doji Danshi

Also known as Play It Cool, Guys.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Avex Pictures , TV Tokyo , Square Enix , AT-X , A-Sketch , Contents Seed
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

At first glance, these guys look cool and handsome.

You want to get closer to them... but then you realize they're all clumsy! They forget their wallets, turn on their music on the train without putting their headphones in, put on glasses when they have their contacts in, stab bendy straws backwards into drinks, walk around with a shoehorn that they thought was an umbrella… Despite being so clumsy, these guys never forget to play it cool.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Slapstick , Episodic , Kuudere , Work , College , Josei , Writing , Chibi , Trains , School , Tsundere , Fashion , Coming of Age , Fitness , Handball , Video Games

Seihantai na Kimi to Boku

Also known as You and I Are Polar Opposites.

Studio: Lapin Track , Shouchiku , Dentsu , Shueisha , AbemaTV , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Suzuki’s a high school girl in love, but the guy she’s fallen for is nothing like her! While she’s cheerful, outgoing, and always trying to fit in, her classmate Yusuke Tani is stoic, quiet, and doesn’t seem to care what people think of him. Will Suzuki be able to overcome her anxieties and ask him out, or will she discover that opposites really don’t attract?



Tags: Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , School , Iyashikei , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Gyaru , Kuudere , Urban , Shounen , Chibi , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist

30-sai made Doutei da to Mahou Tsukai ni Nareru Rashii

Also known as Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!.

Studio: Satelight , TV Tokyo , Square Enix , Sotsu , Avex Pictures , BS TV Tokyo , MAGNET , TV Osaka , TV Aichi
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Adachi's 30th birthday as a virgin came with the oddest gift—the ability to read the mind of anyone he touches. Pondering what to do with this mysterious power, he gets a lead when he accidentally reads his colleague Kurosawa's mind. Turns out the handsome hotshot of the sales team has got a thing for him! How will Adachi respond to overhearing these affectionate thoughts?



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Work , LGBTQ+ Themes , Office , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Bisexual , Magic , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Shoujo , Marriage , Dancing , Age Gap , Travel , Chibi , Fitness , Writing , Tsundere , Cohabitation , Unrequited Love , Office Lady , Delinquents , Motorcycles

Hirano to Kagiura

Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Hirano to Kagiura is being adapted as an accompanying animated short with the Sasaki to Miyano: Sotsugyou-hen movie.

Hirano, a second-year in high school, lives in a dormitory on his campus and has recently become roommates with Kagiura, a first-year. Kagiura is a hard-working student on the basketball team, though he does have difficulty getting up in the morning, leaving Hirano to be his support system in that regard. They get along great, and Hirano is very fond of his earnest, straight-forward roommate. What he doesn’t know? Kagiura is pretty much head over heels in love with him.

Note: This special played before the Sasaki to Miyano: Sotsugyou-hen movie in theaters and as streaming on Crunchyroll.

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , School , Shoujo , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast

Ranma 1/2 (2024)

Also known as Ranma1/2 (2024).

Studio: MAPPA , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , MAPPA , Shogakukan , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

A new anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2.

Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendou of Tendou Dojo are betrothed to each other by their parents. But Ranma faces a unique problem…

Ever since he fell into the cursed springs of Jusenkyo while training in China, his body has acquired the peculiar trait of transforming into a girl when doused with cold water and reverting to a boy with hot water.

Get ready for the slapstick, action-packed rom com featuring Ranma, Akane, and a vibrant cast of unique characters!



Tags: Gender Bending , Arranged Marriage , Martial Arts , Shapeshifting , Tsundere , Episodic , Tomboy , Ensemble Cast , Cohabitation , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Amnesia , School , Love Triangle , Mixed Gender Harem , Female Harem , Animals , Shounen , Male Harem , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity , Crossdressing , Bisexual , Acrobatics , Shogi , Ice Skating , Wrestling

Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!

Also known as WataMote: No Matter How I Look At It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!.

Studio: Square Enix , SILVER LINK. , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

At the tender age of 15, Tomoko Kuroki has already dated hundreds of boys — or at least in dating games she has. The sad truth is that she gets tongue-tied just talking to people, which makes her entrance into the social pressure cooker of high school especially odious and riddled with anxiety. Can Tomoko overcome her crippling social anxiety and finally have the popular high school life she’s always dreamed of? Or will she merely get caught in the downward spiral that is her awkward life?



Tags: Hikikomori , Bisexual , Female Protagonist , School , Satire , Otaku Culture , Parody , Meta , Disability , Slapstick , Achronological Order , Psychosexual , Chuunibyou , Episodic , Shounen , Video Games , Rehabilitation , Yuri

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

Also known as Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun.

Studio: Doga Kobo , Sentai Filmworks , Sony Music Communications , AT-X , TV Tokyo , Frontier Works , Media Factory
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

You know how the story goes: girl crushes on guy, girl confesses feelings to guy, guy mistakes confession for a job application. Okay, maybe that's not how it usually goes, but that's what happens when Chiyo Sakura finally gets up the nerve to tell her classroom crush Nozaki how she feels. Since she doesn't know that he's secretly a manga artist who publishes under a female pen name, and he doesn't know that she doesn't know, he misunderstands and offers her a chance to work as his assistant instead of a date! But while it's not flowers and dancing, it is a chance to get closer to him, so Chiyo gamely accepts. And when Nozaki realizes how useful Chiyo can be in figuring out what girls find romantic, he'll be spending even more time with her "researching" while remaining completely clueless. Could Chiyo's romantic frustration possibly get any more drawn out of proportion?



Tags: Parody , Drawing , Slapstick , Ensemble Cast , School , Unrequited Love , Otaku Culture , Female Protagonist , Work , Gender Bending , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Tomboy , School Club , Shounen , Tsundere , Educational , Crossdressing

Given

Also known as given.

Studio: Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life

Tightly clutching his Gibson guitar, Mafuyu Satou steps out of his dark apartment to begin another day of his high school life. While taking a nap in a quiet spot on the gymnasium staircase, he has a chance encounter with fellow student Ritsuka Uenoyama, who berates him for letting his guitar's strings rust and break. Noticing Uenoyama's knowledge of the instrument, Satou pleads for him to fix it and to teach him how to play. Uenoyama eventually agrees and invites him to sit in on a jam session with his two band mates: bassist Haruki Nakayama and drummer Akihiko Kaji.

Satou's voice is strikingly beautiful, filling Uenoyama with the determination to make Satou the lead singer of the band. Though reticent at first, Satou takes the offer after an emotional meeting with an old friend. With the support of his new friends, Satou must not only learn how to play guitar, but also come to terms with the mysterious circumstances that led him to be its owner.



Tags: Band , Boys' Love , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Suicide , Tragedy , Rock Music , Rehabilitation , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Urban , School , Bisexual , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Tsundere , Basketball

Karaoke Iko!

Also known as Let's Go Karaoke!.

Studio: Doga Kobo , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music

The president of the chorus club, Satomi Oka, is approached by a yakuza named Kyoji Narita. Kyoji’s yakuza group holds a customary karaoke competition, and whoever earns the title of worst singer must get a tattoo. Since he was asked to be Kyoji’s singing teacher, Satomi has no choice but to go along with these practice sessions. Brought together by karaoke, where will Satomi and Kyoji end up?



Tags: Coming of Age , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Urban , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Iyashikei , Seinen , Time Skip